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Posseting

Posset \Pos"set\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Posseting.]

  1. To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

  2. To treat with possets; to pamper. [R.] ``She was cosseted and posseted.''
    --O. W. Holmes.

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posseting

alt. The regurgitation of milk after feeding, in newborn babies. n. The regurgitation of milk after feeding, in newborn babies. vb. (present participle of posset English)